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spinach
[ spin-ich ]
/ ˈspɪn ɪtʃ /
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noun
a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
the leaves.
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Origin of spinach
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English spinache, spinage, spinarch, from Anglo-French spinache, from Old French espinache, espinage, espinoche, from Medieval Latin spinargium, spinachium, spinarchium, ultimately from Arabic isfānākh, isfināj, perhaps from Persian isfānāj, ispānāk, aspānāk
OTHER WORDS FROM spinach
spin·ach·like, adjectiveWords nearby spinach
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British Dictionary definitions for spinach
spinach
/ (ˈspɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ) /
noun
a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves
the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
Word Origin for spinach
C16: from Old French espinache, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic isfānākh, from Persian
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